2 Samuel

2 Samuel 14:7

7Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Nowוְהִנֵּה֩wə·hin·nêhConjunctive waw; InterjectionH2009 lo! behold!
the wholeכָֽל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
clanהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜הham·miš·pā·ḥāhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH4940 clan
has risen upקָ֨מָהqā·māhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH6965 arise, stand up, stand
againstעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
your maidservantשִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָšip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵāNoun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH8198 maid, maid-servant
and saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙way·yō·mə·rūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH559 utter, say
Hand overתְּנִ֣י׀tə·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH5414 give, put, set
the one who struck downמַכֵּ֣הmak·kêhVerb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular constructH5221 smite
his brotherאָחִ֗יו’ā·ḥîwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH251 brother
that we may put him to deathוּנְמִתֵ֙הוּ֙ū·nə·mi·ṯê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; third person masculine singularH4191 die
for the lifeבְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbə·ne·p̄ešPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular constructH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of the brotherאָחִיו֙’ā·ḥîwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH251 brother
whomאֲשֶׁ֣ר’ă·šerPronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
he killedהָרָ֔גhā·rāḡVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH2026 kill, slay
Then we will cut offוְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָהwə·naš·mî·ḏāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralH8045 be exterminated, destroyed
the heirהַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁhay·yō·w·rêšArticle; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
as wellגַּ֣םgamConjunctionH1571 also, moreover, yea
So they would extinguishוְכִבּ֗וּwə·ḵib·būConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH3518 be quenched, extinguished, go out
my one remainingנִשְׁאָ֔רָהniš·’ā·rāhVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH7604 remain, be left over
emberגַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ga·ḥal·tîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH1513 ember
by notלְבִלְתִּ֧יlə·ḇil·tîPreposition-lH1115 not, except
preservingשׂוּםśūmVerb - Qal - Infinitive constructH7760 put, place, set
my husband’sלְאִישִׁ֛יlə·’î·šîPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH376 man
nameשֵׁ֥םšêmNoun - masculine singularH8034 name
or posterityוּשְׁאֵרִ֖יתū·šə·’ê·rîṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH7611 rest, residue, remnant, remainder
onעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃פhā·’ă·ḏā·māhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH127 ground, land

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